Hoda Kotb could have bid farewell to the Right this moment present, however that does not imply she is not nonetheless associates with Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie.
On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Kotb, 60, shared an Instagram photo of herself and her former coworkers smiling from ear to ear as they grabbed lunch collectively.
“I like Wednesdays!! @savannahguthrie @jennabhager. Additionally keep in mind while you had that massive goodbye social gathering and now I’m like…… HIIIIIIIIIIII!,” she captioned the publish.
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Guthrie, 53, shared Kotb’s publish on her Instagram Tales, writing, “reunion.” When Bush Hager, 43, shared it, she added, “Love these babes.”
The meetup comes lower than two weeks after Kotb left Right this moment on Friday, Jan. 10, after 17 years on the air. She introduced her plans to depart the NBC morning present in September 2024.
Kotb co-anchored Right this moment’s 7 a.m. and eight a.m. time slots alongside Guthrie since 2018. Craig Melvin took over her function on Monday, Jan. 13. She additionally hosted Right this moment‘s fourth hour at 10 a.m. since 2007. Bush Hager joined her in 2019, following Kathie Lee Gifford’s exit.
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In October, Kotb opened as much as PEOPLE about her choice to step away from Right this moment, explaining that she wished to spend extra time together with her daughters Haley Pleasure and Hope Catherine, whom she shares with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman and adopted in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
“I knew that I wished this decade to be totally different,” she stated.” I checked out my time like a pie. I used to be like, ‘That is how a lot time I get, and now what am I going to do with it and the way am I going to carve it up?’ And I wished it to be full of extra of them.”
The broadcaster hasn’t absolutely stepped away from NBC, nevertheless, as she shared with PEOPLE that she plans to be part of the community in some capability that’s nonetheless “being formulated.”
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“It will contain performing some specials, doing the podcast and doing perhaps the Olympics, stuff like that. It will be like these sorts of issues,” stated Kotb.
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“So it will be specials and all these issues. And I believe each month or so, I will come again on the Right this moment present and perform a little one thing on this area, which I believe shall be enjoyable,” she added.
Kotb additionally plans to launch a wellness app and host retreats.
